Vatican census shows Catholicism growing everywhere but Europe
Vatican CityRNS A Vatican census released ahead of World Mission Day reveals growing numbers of Catholics in what Pope Francis often refers to as “the global peripheries,” even as the number of believers continues to diminish in Europe. The number of Catholics in the world grew by more than 15 million from 2018 to 2019, […]
SIGHT-SEEING: HOW THREE WOMEN OF FAITH CHANGED AMERICA
A JAMES RUDIN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the impact three women made on the US…
ESSAY: US DEATH PENALTY DECISION ANSWERS LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW BARR’S FAITH AFFECTS HIS POLITICS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY reflects on US Attorney-General William Barr’s recent announcement that federal executions would resume in the US…
Africa-wide Roman Catholic body marks 50 years of progress
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Roman Catholic leaders in Africa are celebrating the church’s progress and steady growth across the continent as they meet in Kampala, Uganda, this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar. Established during Pope Paul VI’s 1969 first-ever papal visit to Africa to give its churches […]
POSTCARDS: IN CALIFORNIA, FOSTER MOTHER OF MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN WORKS TO RECRUIT LATINO FAMILIES
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports…
CHURCH BUILDINGS: IN ST LOUIS, FORMER HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE RETOOLED TO MEET THE CITY’S NEED
BILL MOTCHAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how former churches and synagogues in the US city of St Louis are being repurposed…
ESSAY: CAN A CATHOLIC CRITIQUE OF “THROWAWAY CULTURE” PULL POLITICS BACK FROM THE BRINK?
In an excerpt from his book ‘Resisting Throwaway Culture’ adapted for Religion News Service, CHARLES A CAMOSY, writing for the US context, says its time for a different approach to politics…
As Sudanese protesters demand democracy, Catholic bishop pushes for freedom of worship
Nairobi, KenyaRNS A Roman Catholic bishop in Sudan has charged that the largely Arab and Islamic country’s ongoing popular revolution will be hollow if it does not also deliver freedom of worship for non-Muslim faiths. “A civil society movement has for the first time brought all Sudanese people together, and the church is part of […]
US: CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL, HOME TO THE ‘HOUR OF POWER’, TRANSFORMS INTO CATHOLIC SEAT
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports on how the transformation of California’s Crystal Cathedral…
CATHOLIC CHURCH: AT VATICAN SUMMIT, MILLENNIAL CATHOLICS HAVE NO VOTE BUT DO HAVE A VOICE
At the Catholic Church’s Synod of the Bishops on Young People at the Vatican, DAVID GIBSON, writing for Religion News, talks to some of the young people attending…